Freeport, West Virginia

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Freeport
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Freeport
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Freeport
Freeport (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°8′34″N81°20′15″W / 39.14278°N 81.33750°W / 39.14278; -81.33750
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Wirt
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
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Freeport is an unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Route 47 (Old Staunton Turnpike), approximately four miles east of the Wood County line and two miles west of the Ritchie County line. Its elevation is 607 feet (185m). The first post office (no longer standing) in the Clay District of Wirt County was established at the mouth of Goose Creek in Freeport around 1842, marking it as an early center of regional communication and settlement. [1]

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  1. Hardesty, Hardesty’s History of Wirt County, West Virginia, in My West Virginia Pioneer Families, accessed April 21, 2025, https://www.wvgenweb.org/wirt/hardesty.htm.